AWWWW Fuck yeah, the TRL premiere for Rainbow Dream Kittenns errr ROBOT DEATH KITES’ insomniac anthem “Sleep Deprived.” A number I can relate to all too well, safe to say you probably can too.
If you like what you see/hear from this Brooklyn based band, then check out the whole EP Yuppie Nightmare here: https://robotdeathkites.bandcamp.com/album/yuppie-nightmare
Produced and directed by Geoffrey Brent Shrewsbury
Here you go you little punk slime eaters. A new music video for “Decadence” by Memphis synth punkers NOTS. The song is featured on their debut LP We Are NOTS on Goner Records.
Written by Joanna Trachtenberg
I just saw the band that probably had one of my most anticipated albums of the year, The Meatbodies. I knew their frontman Chad from his work with Ty Segall, Fuzz, Mikal Cronan and Pangea. This was their first full tour to the northeast. They were joined by hard hitters Purling Hiss and local rockers Krill.
Krill was up first. I had never seen Krill before but I knew friends that were fans of theirs so I had a feeling that they’d be good. Krill sound like a cross between the Lo-fi indie bands of the 90’s & early 00’s ( i.e. Pavement, Modest Mouse, etc) and 90’s emo. This was back when emo was actually good, not like the dumb emo kids you have today. I liked them and they appear to have quite the following around here. It seemed more crowded when they were playing than when the headliners took the stage.
Purling Hiss muddled this show. From what I’d heard of them prior to seeing them they reminded me of early grunge and Lo-fi punk mixed together. Their new album which they played most of their set from is probably their most mainstream accessible album to date. Live they sounded like a louder, dirtier version of Dr. Dog (whom they have toured with before). No one in the crowd seemed more excited to see them than Sam from Boston Hassle who has booked them before for Hassle shows.
Meatbodies – Now it was Chad and his boys from So Cal’s time to shine. They rocked out just about all the songs from their self titled debut album. One song that they didn’t play was The Master which is probably my favorite song on the album. About midway through the set they had technical difficulties where Chad had to borrow one of the opening band’s guitars. He also had to disconnect one of his pedals because it was not functioning properly and making some awful static. Towards the end of their set they did a cover of The Stooges’ Search and Destroy. They said they were practicing it for an upcoming Halloween cover show. This was the second time this year that I have seen a band cover that particular song. Back in June I saw Kenny Wayne Shepherd and his band cover that same song. It was nice to see him show more of a punk side. Back to The Meatbodies now. Their 45 or so minute set of punk slime certainly pleased me and made me want to see them again which I did two days later when they created a shit storm with Diarrhea Planet.
Flier by Alina Sabirianova
Written by Joanna Trachtenberg
I knew from off the bat that this show was gonna be wicked. Megashredders JEFF the Brotherhood and Megarippers Diarrhea Planet. Opening were the local power trio The Monsieurs. Their brand of trashy lofi garage punk excited the crowd. Their singer, Andy MacBain had quite the swag as well. They just put out a new album and for sure it will win them a Grammy in 2015. They have a lot more shows around the area so czech them out!
Next up was the band that I will affectionately refer to as the Shittiest Band In America. Yes that’s right it is Diarrhea Planet! This was my first time seeing them which I am kind of surprised because they have come around quite a few times. They have 4 different guitarists riffing it at once. This also makes them super loud. Their stage moves rival Andy MacBain’s for best of the night. During one song their had their friend, photographer Pooneh Ghana play with them on stage and they showed her all the moves. They ended their set by taking us all back to the summer of 1997 by covering Third Eye Blind’s Semi Charmed Life. I must say they totally killed it with their violent diarrhea.
Diarrhea Planet Set List:
Raft Nasty
The Sound of My Ceiling Fan
Separations
Ghost With A Boner
Orange Girls
Lite Dream
Kids
Semi-Charmed Life
DP LIVE VID!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4apmBwWXkA
JEFF the Brotherhood aren’t their normal selves any more. They are no longer a duo (or at least live they no longer are.) They are a four piece band now and they played the whole show as a four piece. Last time I saw them they played half the show as a duo and the other half as a four piece. I miss the simplicity of them just being a duo. I just felt it worked better for them. They still sounded quite tight though. They did a number of my favorite songs of theirs such as Melting Place, Heavy Krishna & U Got the Look. They even threw in a few covers of Beck’s Totally Confused (which appears on their new covers ep Digs the Classics) and Rush’s Working Man (which does not) As always JTB get a great crowd in Boston. For their last song, the aforementioned Rush cover they brought out The Wizard. The Wizard sang as JEFF played. For some reason I knew it was going to be a magical night from the beginning and this just topped it off. Afterwards I shot the shit with a few members of Diarrhea Planet and they told me how they recently got high with Rikky from White Fang/The Memories
JEFF The Brotherhood Set List:
Voyage
Mellow Out
Melting Place
Heavy Krishna
U Got the Look
Black Cherry Ale
Totally Confused
Bummer
Staring at the Wall
Hey Friend
Sixpack
What’s A Creep
The Ripper
Working Man
YO YO YO! Spend the next seven minutes rocking out with NOTS Live on Memphis TV from a few weeks ago.
And hey, don’t be a damn fool and miss these NOTS on their upcoming tour:
SAT 11/8 – Memphis, TN @ Buccaneer (tour kickoff show) w/ Black Abba and Buldgerz
TUE 11/11 – St. Louis, MO @ CBGB’s
WED 11/12 – Kansas City, MO @ Minibar
THU 11/13 – Omaha, NE @ Sweatshop w/ Digital Leather, Coaxed
FRI 11/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ ShitBiscuit w/ Solid Attitude, Claps
SAT 11/15 – Madison, WI @ Turkey Fest w/ The Hussy, Digital Leather
SUN 11/16 – Milwaukee, WI @ Circle A w/ Olives
MON 11/17 – Chicago, IL @ Bric-A-Brac (in-store)
MON 11/17 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle w/ Dream Police
TUE 11/18 – Indianapolis, IN @ Kismet w/ Raw McCartney
WED 11/19 – Detroit, MI @ Painted Lady (Timmy’s Taco Night) w/ Feelings
THU 11/20 – Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class w/ Obnox, Kill the Hippies
FRI 11/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ tBA
SAT 11-22 – New Brunswick, NJ @ TBA w/ pebbles (message us for the address)
SUN 11/23 – Jersey City, NJ – WFMU ON THE AIR
SUN 11/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Palisades w/ Degreaser
MON 11/24 – Allie’s Birthday!
TUE 11/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Bourbon & Branch w/ Abandos
WED 11/26 – Baltimore, MD @ Windup Space
FRI 11/28 – Atlanta, GA @ 529 w/ Zoners, Slugga
SAT 11/29 – Oxford, MS @ Cats Purring Dude Ranch
MON 12/1 – Memphis, TN w/ Blind Shake
https://www.facebook.com/events/284395905094942/
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Celebrate this gory, ghoulish, gut busting holiday with the one an only NOBUNNY! “Lizard Liars” meets teenager slasher flick y’all.
P.S. cameo from a green one….
Edits by Felix Sticker
Check out this sick footage of The TeleVibes performing “Acid” at Thieves Grotto 19. I would have loved to have been there, but the KLYAMERS were sliming in Portland, Maine seeing Black Lips/The King Khan & BBQ Show/Almighty Defenders that night. At least, we have this sweet, shirtless footage.
YO! It’s Friday night, don’t waste it away on the couch doing the old one tug. NO! Come out to Club Bohemia (Cantab Lounge basement) in Cambridge, where Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) is throwing a wack ass show featuring four crazy rock ‘n’ roll bands. We have Providence soul maniacs Ravi Shavi, Allston noise poppers Big Buck Hunter, smooth 60’s psychedelic garage rockers Phaze, and outsider bedrocker Gangbang Gordon and crew on tap for the evening. Doors at 8, music starts at 9. $7 buckaroos. 21+ sorry kids :(. Come out and play!!!!
FB Event Page, cuz you gotta have one nowadays: https://www.facebook.com/events/633413050113726/
Ravi Shavi: http://ravishavi.bandcamp.com/
Big Buck Hunter: http://bigbuckhunter.bandcamp.com/
Phaze: http://allstontapes.bandcamp.com/
Gangbang Gordon: http://gangbanggordon.com/
The Electric Street Queens
Back Pages
Electric Street Queens – Live From your Dreams, We’re The… (KLYAM-004) & Back Pages – Singles 13′ (KLYAM-003) tapes are now available at the following Boston area record stores!:
Weirdo Records in Cambridge, MA
Armageddon Records in Cambridge, MA
Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain, MA
Listen to Electric Street Queens here: http://electricstreetqueens.bandcamp.com/
Listen to Back Pages here: http://thebackpages1.bandcamp.com/
These stores are all housing these bad babies as well:
Fat Creeps S/T 10″ EP
Nice Guys/Miami Doritos Splifft 7″
You can also find the Splifft 7″ at the following record store across the country: Goner Records (Memphis, TN), People’s Records (Detroit, MI), Hello Records (Detroit, MI), Bric A Brac Records (Chicago, IL), Apop Records (St. Louis, MO), CD Cellar (Arlington, VA), and Celebrated Summer (Baltimore, MD).
Or you could straight up order any of these directly from us at KLYAM Records: http://klyam.bigcartel.com/
OR OR OR you could simply hit us up at a show (or wherever really) and we can sell you one in person. Whatever twerks. You have so many options. No excuses.
Well look what we have here. An evening of local Rock ‘n’ Roll slime prime time on Friday, October 24th at Club Bohemia (Cantab Lounge basement) in Cambridge.
Some of the juiciest of slime is smeared all over this show. We’ll be popping our Big Buck Hunter cherries, a must see. Perhaps, you have seen them before OR you can pop yours with us too. So much popping going on here. http://bigbuckhunter.bandcamp.com/
The chilll psych pop waves of Phaze is in the house. It’s a mixed cocktail of dream pop, garage, and psychedelia to keep you twirling into the night. http://allstontapes.bandcamp.com/
The demented outsider Rolling Rock kitsch of Gangbang Gordon is always a trick or treat to fill your little bellies. http://gangbanggordon.com/
Ravi Shavi, one of Providence’s finest, will headline and steal your soul with their sizzling, revolution rock. Put your ass to the floor. http://ravishavi.bandcamp.com/
And ohh hey, look at this the mighty Big Buck Hunter is going on tour with Sun Young sometime following this show. You better hit em up on their magical journey.
Tour Dates:
11/6 Boston, MASS @ TBA w/ Spooky Dangerfield, Harmoos
11/8 Bard College @ SMOG
11/9 Buffalo, NY @ Bomb Shelter / Hoyt House w/ Mink, Wax Mice (Max Weiss), A Hotel Nourishing
11/10 Pittsburgh, PA @ Romeo Street
11/11 Athens, OH @ Pink MIstress w/ Slut Castle
11/12 Lexington, KY @ The Green Lantern Bar
11/13 Nashville, TN @ Phat Bites Deli
11/14 Macon, GA @ Fresh Produce Records
11/15 Athens, GA @ Go Bar
11/16 Boone, NC @ TBA
11/17 Richmond, VA @ House of M
11/18 Baltimore, MD @ The Sidebar
11/19 Philly @ TBA w/ Alps Held
11/20 Montclair, NJ @ TBA w/ Harpoon Forever, Winnebago, Secret Mountain
11/21 Providence, RI @ THE FUNKY JUNGLE w/ WAY OUT
11/22 Boston, Massive Attack, @ http://goo.gl/0I6DAk w/ NICE GUYS, ACLU Benefit
Kids Like You & Me (KLYAM) 